i called you today. no one answered.

We didn’t know each other, I thought. Or did we, all too well?

i called you today

no one answered.

entailing, entitled

mirroring, mirage

are you there?

*

i spoke your name today,

no one looked up.

sensing, senseless

mutilating, mute

did you hear me?

*

i saw you today,

no one noticed.

losing, lost

grieving, grief

where are you?

gone.

***

We can’t talk about it. Does that make it more real? If we talk about you, are you somehow more go…